Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.32%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 2.75% or 2.36 points to trade at 88.11 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 1.29% or 3.75 points to end at 294.25 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) was up 1.03% or 0.63 points to 61.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safran SA (PA:SAF), which lost 2.16% or 1.67 points to trade at 75.82 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.92% or 0.36 points to end at 18.39 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.67% or 0.49 points to 29.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which rose 9.13% to 32.98, Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was up 2.75% to settle at 88.11 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 1.48% to close at 11.70.
The worst performers were Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was down 4.61% to 44.06 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which lost 3.49% to settle at 20.76 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 3.07% to 11.360 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 366 to 256 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.56% to 14.37.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.36% or 4.43 to $1223.33 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.18% or 0.56 to hit $47.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.57 to trade at $50.79 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0867, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8443.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 99.53.